5 May 2017, Friday. Duma to Kafr Malek

You start this hike from Duma which is 25 kilometers southeast of Nablus, by walking through a landscape of olive groves, wheat fields, and limestone villages in the beautiful hills of the Nablus region from the picturesque village of Duma. Besides the few small sections on paved road, this segment takes you alongside a rocky valley.

You complete this stage by reaching up a steep ascent that ends up at Kafr Malek village which is 17 kilometers northeast of Ramallah, and surrounded by the villages of Almughayyer, Kherbet Abu Falah, Almazra'a Alsharqiyya (Eastern Farm) and Dair Jreer (Jreer Monastery), is a very famous village for growing olive and fruit trees such as almonds and grapes. The residents depend on the rainwater in irrigating their crops and in drinking.